Journal-box.



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G. S. MARSHALL.

JOURNAL BOX.

(Application led Feb. 8, 1901.)

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UNTTnn STTaTne FATTJNT @Trient GEORGE S. MARSHALL, OF ST. LOUIS,MISSOURI.

JoUnNALEBox.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters :Patent No. 690,975, dated January14, 1902. Application filed February 8, 1901. Serial No. 46,520.(Nomodel.)

T0 @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known thatl, GEORGE S. MARSHALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Journal-Boxes, of which thefollowin g is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which- Figure I is a front elevational view of myimproved journal-box. Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same,partly in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on line 3 3 ofFig. 2. Fig. t is a horizontal sectional View on line 4 L of Fig. I.Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional View on line 5 5 of Fig. l; and Fig. 6is a side elevational view of a portion of my improved journal-box andits lid, illustrating a slightly-modified form of construction.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in journal-boxes,such as are usually employed on car-trucks, the object being to providea journal-box which when its lid is closed will tightly seal the openingin the journal-box, said lid being held in its closed or sealed positionagainst accidental displacement.

With this object in View the invention consists in the construction,arrangement, and combination of the several parts, all as willhereinafter be described and afterward pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A indicates a portion of my improved journal-box, whichis provided with the usual opening in its front wall, said box alsohaving an upwardly and outwardly extending hinge-lu g c on its upperface, which lhinge-lug is formed tapering or has two of its side facesformed inclined and converging toward its upper end, as shown in Fig. l,said inclined faces being each provided with a groove a', lying in theplane of the front wall of the box, as shown in Fig. 2, the purpose ofwhich inclined faces of the lug aand their groove ct will hereinafter bedescribed.

c2 indicates a pintle arranged on and extending laterally through thelug a for copcrating with an elongated slot Z), formed in the lid B ofthe box. This lug a is also provided upon its front and upper sides withinclined faces a3, c4, and a5, the same being arranged for cooperationwith a leaf-spring C, secured to the lid, whose function is to hold thelid tightly closed when in that position and to hold the same open whenin an open position, as is well understood. The opening formed in thefront wall of the box is bounded by a horizontal upper edge, the sideedges 2 extending downwardly therefrom in converging lines, merging intoa curved lower edge 3 in the form of an arc of a circle, as isillustrated by dotted lines in Fig. l. The inner face of the front wallof the box adjacent the edges 2 and the circular edge 3 is preferablycut away, leaving a recess or seat 4, the same being formed to receivean inner marginal flange 5, formed on the tapering side and curved loweredges of the lidB when the latter is in its home position. the box isalso provided with a second or outer marginal flange 6, which isdesigned when the lid is closed to rest against and overlap the outerface of the front wall of the box, as is clearly shown in Fig. et of thedrawings.

b indicates a housing for the spring O and the lug a, the same beingformed integral with the lid B and having inclined side faces whichconform to the inclined side faces of lug ct. Extending laterally'fromthe inclined side faces of said hood are elongated bosses b2, in whichthe elongated slots b are formed.

a6 indicates a groove formed in the upper face a5 of lug a, the samebeing preferably so arranged as to register with the grooves a, and intowhich grooves c6 and a are received, when the lid is in its homeposition, ribs or projections b3 and b4, respectively, formed on theinner face of the housing b of the lid. In order to further render thebox dust-proof, I have arranged on the upper outer corners of the lid Boverhanging portions or hooded extensions b5, which rest against theside of the box, and upon the upper edge of said box I have arranged arib or ange c7 on each side of the lug o., over which a downturnediiange b on the lid B extends. When the lid of the box is in its home orclosed position, as is illustrated in the drawings, it will be observedthat the iianges 5 and G fit snugly in the recess 4 and against theouter face of the This lid B of.

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front wall, respectively, of the box, that the ribs or projections b3and o4 are seated in their respective recesses or grooves a6 and ct, andthat the elongated slot b has the pintle in its upper end. By thisarrangement of the parts accidental opening of the lid of the box isprevented and dust, cinders, Jac., are prevented from entering theinside of thejournalbox. When it is desired to open the lid of the box,all that is necessary to do is to slide the lid upwardly until theflanges 5, b3, and b4 rise out of the seat 4, recesses a, and recess c,respectively, which they are permitted to do through the instrumentalityof the elongated slot b. The lid being now raised as far as theelongated slot will permit it, the upper end of spring C will havepassed the meetingpoint of the faces a3 and a4, causing said spring toexert a pressure to open the lid, whereupon said spring will rest uponthe face 0.4 and hold said lid in a partially-open position. Vhen it isdesired to wholly raise the lid, the same is raised until the spring Crests upon the flat face 0.5, as is obvious.

While I have shown and described the ribs or projections b3 and b4 onthe housing of the lid and the grooves 0.6 and ed, which receive them,formed in the lug a, it is obvious that the grooves might as Well beformed in the housing of the lid and the projections formed on the luga.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a construction wherein an elongated slot as isformed in the lug c, and the pintle 0.9 secured to the lid B', whichconstruction accomplishes the same result as that obtained by theconstruction illustrated in Figs. l, 2, and 3 of the drawings so far asthe movement of the lid relative to the box is concerned. In thisconstruction shown in Fig. 6 I have preferred to omit the projection b3on the lid and its cooperating groove d in the lng a and have providedupon the lug d an upwardly-extending projection am, againstV which theupper inner edge of the housing rests when in its home position forpreventing theingress of dust, the.

I am aware that minor changes in the arrangement, construction, andcombination of I the several parts of my device can be made andsubstituted for those herein shown and described Without in the leastdeparting from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with ajournal-box having a tapered hinge-lug whoseside faces are inclined, of a lid having a tapered housing forcooperating with said hinge-lug; substantially as described.

2. rThe combination with a journal-box having a tapered hinge-lugprovided with grooves y in its side faces, of a lid having a housingprovided with converging ribs cooperating with the grooves in thehinge-lug; substantally as described.

3. The combination with a journal-box having a hinge-lug provided with agroove in its upper face, of a lid having a housing formed with a rib onthe under side of its top wall for cooperating with the groove in thehingelng; substantially as described.

4. The combination with a journal-box having a tapered hinge-lu gprovided with grooves in its side faces and a groove in its upper face,registering with the side grooves, of a lid having a housing, and ribson tlie under faces of the Walls of said housing for cooperating withthe grooves in the hinge-lug; substantially as described.

5. The combination with a journal-box having an opening in its frontwall, the side and bottom edges of said opening being recessed, and alid having laterally-extending flanges 5 and 6 for cooperating with therecessed edges of the opening; substantially as described.

6. The combination with a journal-box having a hinge-lug formed withfiat faces, said journal-box having an opening in its front wall, theside and bottom edges of said opening being recessed, of a lid formedwith a housing cooperating with the hinge-lug, apintle cooperating witha slot in said lid, whereby said lid is pivotally mounted on thehingelug and is likewise movable in a direction at right angles to theaxis of the pintle, said lid having flanges 5 and G for cooperating withthe side and bottom edges of the opening in the front wall of the box,and a spring carried by the lid for cooperating with the fiat faces onthe hinge-lug; substantially as described.

7. The combination with ajournal-boxhaving a tapered hinge-lug whoseside faces are provided with grooves, the front wall of said box havingan opening whose edges are recessed, of a tapering lid having flangesfor cooperating with the edges of the opening in the front wall of thebox, said lid also having a tapered housing provided with ribscooperating with the grooves in the converging faces of the hinge-lug,and having elongated slots in its side wall, a pintle arranged in thehinge-lug and passing through the slots in the side walls of the housingon the lid, and a spring secured to the lid for cooperating with thehinge-lug; substantially as described.

8. The combination with a j ournal-box having a flange c7 and ahinge-lug, of a lid pivoted to the hinge-lug, said lid being capable ofmoving bodily in a vertical direction with respect to said hinge-lug,and having a recess for receiving the ange a7, which iiange a7, when inthe recess, locks the lid in position, substantially as described.

9. The combination withajournal-boxhaving a hinge-lug and flanges al atthe forward edge of its top wall on each side of said hingelug, of a lidhaving a slot-and-pin connection with the hinge-lng, and also having ahousing for receiving the hinge-lug, and hooded extensions on each sideof the housing for coroo IOS

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operating with lalle flanges co7; substantially 5 and 6 for eoperatingwith the seat 4, subas described. y

`10. The combination With a journal-box having a grooved hinge-1u g andflanges a7 arranged on each side of said hinge-lug, Jshe side and bottomedges of the opening in the front Wall of the boxbeing recessed andformed with a seat 4, of a lid having a ribbed housing for eoperaningwith the grooved hingelo lug, a seat for a spring, and marginal flangesstantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflx my signature, in the presence oftwo witnesses, this 28th day of January, 1901.

GEORGE S. AMARSHALL.

